Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Manilkara zapota
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(L.) P.Royen
Common names
Misple, Chiku, Mespel, Sapodilla, Sapodille, Sapotilla, chicle, chikoo, naseberry, sapote
Names in other languages (67)Breiaapelbuum, Breiapfelbaum, Chaté, Chico, Chicozapote, Cаподила, Hồng xiêm, Jaas, Kaugummibaum, Mispel, Mispoe, Paprastasis gumenis, Pigwica właściwa, Pokok Ciku, Sabo, Sabu manèla, Sapodillbaum, Sapodilletre, Sapoti, Sapotiljträd, Sapotillbaum, Sapotille, Sapotillier, Ti cou, Arbre à chewing-gum, Sapotier, Sapotillier, Sapotillier, Sapotizeiro, Sawo, Sawo manila, Sawu, Sàppóoti, Sóyar, Tsiko, Tubabusi, chico sapote, manilkara gumová, manilkara zapota, níspero, sapotier, sapotillapuu, sapotillplommon, tyggegummitræ, zapote, zapotillo, Саподила, Саподилла, Саподіла, עץ הספודיליה, سبوتة مألوفة, سبوته مالوفه, چڪون, چیکو, ސަބުދެލި, चिक्कू, चीकू, সফেদা, ਚੀਕੂ, ચીકુ, ସପେଟା, சப்போட்டா, సపోట, ಚಿಕ್ಕು, ಸಪೋಟ, സപ്പോട്ട, සැපදිල්ලා, ละมุด, ახრასი, サポジラ, 人心果, 查某李仔(兒)
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Ericales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Sapotaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Manilkara
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
zapota
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Manilkara zapota
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-13 11:07.
Photo of Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
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Photo of Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
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Photo of Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
Photo: josebarrientos · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen
Photo: josebarrientos · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 11:07.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 8 of 8 is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with × has as a vector × is visited by × co-occurs ecologically with × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × has as a parasite ×

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is a host of 105 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Septoria sapotae Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 7 not compared
Septoria Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 5 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Calonectria gracilis Nectriaceae is a host of 5 no location
Caribbean fruit fly Anastrepha suspensa Tephritidae is a host of 5 no location
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is eaten by 62 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae is eaten by 7 not compared
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae is eaten by 6 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae is eaten by 6 not compared
Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium Phyllostomidae is eaten by 5 not compared
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interacts with 31 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Greater Shortnosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx Pteropodidae interacts with 8 no location
Indian Flying Fox Pteropus giganteus Pteropodidae interacts with 7 no location
Uropodina interacts with 4 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at infraorder level.
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Pteropodidae interacts with 4 no location
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has as a vector 13 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 10 not compared
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae has as a vector 4 not compared
Pale Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus discolor has as a vector 2 no location
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae has as a vector 2 no location
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is visited by 9 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina Phyllostomidae is visited by 4 not compared
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae is visited by 3 not compared
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae is visited by 3 not compared
Pale Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus discolor is visited by 3 not compared
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co-occurs ecologically with 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Septoglomus viscosum Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Diversispora trimurales Diversisporaceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Rhizophagus intraradices Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Rhizophagus prolifer Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Racocetra castanea is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Rhizophagus prolifer Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Redeckera fulva Diversisporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Paraglomus occultum Paraglomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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has as a parasite 6 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Coccophagus hanoiensis Aphelinidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Parasitoid wasp Leptomastix dactylopii Encyrtidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Coccophagus pumilus Aphelinidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Eurytoma has as a parasite 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states Claim type Context Source Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje Recommendation of a guideRecommended coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a